Today's News

Order a pizza at Domino’s in Harriman during Fire Prevention Week and customers might get a visit from the Harriman Fire Department.
City firefighters are partnering with Domino’s Monday through Friday of this week from 5 to 7 p.m.
A fire truck will tag along with delivery drivers to some of the calls in the city limits of Harriman.
Residents who are visited by the fire trucks will get their order for free if they have working smoke alarms.
It’s a good deal, even for those without working smoke alarms.

Residents of Harriman Gardens apartment complex were evacuated from their residences Sunday evening because of a fire.
Authorities said a fluffy-tailed rodent was to blame.
“There was a squirrel that got into a main bank of HUB’s power grid block,” Harriman Fire Chief Brad Goss said. “It kicked breakers and caused some electrical fires in both buildings, 925 and 929 Sewanee (St).”

By CHARLES HAYNES
First Amendment Center
In Judge Joseph Sheeran’s courtroom, religious literacy is seen as an antidote to intolerance and hate.
Last week, the Michigan judge gave Delane Bell two years’ probation for attacking two men Bell thought were Muslims. But the judge conditioned the sentence on Bell’s completing a 10-page paper on Hinduism, the actual faith of the assault victims.

25 Years Ago
The Tennessee Egg Cooking Contest limited entries to main-dish recipes. The second-place adult winner was Kathleen F. Cole of Rockwood. The junior/senior high school winner was Nicky Cole, also of Rockwood, and the daughter of Kathleen. Winners received a U.S. Savings Bond worth
$400.